What’s Working: Cross-Sector Strategies to Improve Community Health
Description: The Community Approaches Training and Technical Assistance Hub recently hosted a webinar series focused on community engagement and innovative cross-sector partnerships to address health disparities. A new handout makes it easy to catch up—offering quick links to on-demand recordings and presentation slides.
What You’ll Find in the Recap:
- Embedding Equity into Strategic Planning: Experts from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) shared tips and tools, including their Strategic Planning Guide and Community Health Improvement Matrix (CHIM) to support local health departments in aligning planning with community needs.
- Local Public-Private Partnerships in Action: The director of a longstanding partnership of over 200 organizations, Healthy Savannah, presented insights about the group’s evolution to meet community needs. They have prioritized structural changes to improve health outcomes, such as enhancing walkability and reducing food deserts.
- Community Action Agencies’ (CAAs) Local Connections Run Deep: State and local CAA leaders highlighted their role in combating poverty and health disparities, showcasing collaborative efforts with health departments to improve services and health outcomes in underserved areas.
- Partnership Models with Community Development: This session, co-presented by the Build Healthy Places Network, spotlighted how the community development sector can be a powerful lever for improving health outcomes through housing, infrastructure, and economic opportunity. Drawing from national frameworks and real-world examples, the presenters encouraged public health professionals to think beyond traditional interventions and toward system-level solutions.
Read the full recap on themes of building trust, focusing on policy changes, and leveraging shared data for effective state and community health initiatives, or browse the webinar recordings on demand.